Hathi Chair (2021)
20" X 18.5" X 26"
Mentor: Usha Kiran
The inspiration for the Hathi chair is complex. Initially I study Japanese furniture and started to ideated based on the keywords and visual features I grasped from the study. Throughout this lockdown, working from home, I have experienced many situations where an armrest is an absolute necessity, however, soon a special situation would arise where the armrest becomes an obstruction, my goal was to eliminate this problem while I ideated based on the study of Japanese wood works. Thus, Hathi Chair was born.
In Hindi Hathi means elephant. Hathi Chair shares it's characteristics with an elephant- swinging of the armrest like a trunk, bold form, thick volume. Functionally, the chair's ability to switch between chair-with-armrest and a one without, finds it's place in a work-from-home scenario where this feature will be specially helpful.
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Ideation Stage
Prototyping Stage
stage 1: Proof of Concept
stage 2: Iterative Prototyping
stage 3: Iterative Prototypes of the Chosen Form
stage 4: Final wooden prototype in 1:4* scale
14.5 X 13.5 X 18.5 cm
Thanks for scrolling, June 2021.
